Displaced : Life in the Katrina Diaspora
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A Tale of Three Cities: Crime and Displacement after Hurricane Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, it greatly disrupted both the physical and social structures of that community. One consequence of the hurricane was the displacement of large numbers of New Orleans residents to other cities, including Houston, San Antonio, and Phoenix. There has been media speculation that such a grand-scale population displacement led to increased cri...
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on displaced students' behavioral disorder. METHODS First, we determine displaced students' likelihood of discipline infraction each year relative to non-evacuees using all K12 student records of the U.S. state of Louisiana during the period of 2000-2008. Second, we investigate the impact of hurricane on evacu...
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